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Originally Posted by Paddy
Thanks for the report, Sab. It seems we don't often post reports of lunar observations - as Dave says, its a great object to observe. Especially at 534X!
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I could've gone higher, just for fun I tried 667x and 800x I could actually see a fair amount of detail, and while it was not as asthetically pleasant as at lower power, it really was only the seeing blurring it. Plato's biggest 6 craterlets were still there at 953x. But seeing was far too poor for such nutjob mags for a start, then other factors such as diffraction etc start to come into play. Give me perfect seeing and I'd estimate mags up to 800x would be perfectly within reason.
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Originally Posted by Paddy
Better not point that at the moon, your eyes might never recover.  |
That's why we have these special welding glasses with features spoecially designed to observe the moon and bright DSOs in huge scopes:
-Special SAB design
-All black optics for optimum eye protection
-Anti eye melting technology, so you don't end up like Lumpy in Happy Tree Friends
-Professionally crafted using a lighter flame to a piece of glass for high performance, safe viewing of the moon, M42, Sirius etc